Scandinavians Part 2

[Locito 85]

7 hours ago, Mlyck said:

How do I get back to Denmark without my passport??? Do I literally have to take the train from Stockholm and hope there's no border control in Malmö?

I don't know if Covid and border closures changed anything in this regard, but I thought you can travel through land borders of Nordic countries with just a valid ID/driver's license from the Nordic country you are a citizen of. Now airlines may of course set different rules altogether, but if you're driving/the train över Öresund, and there indeed is a border control.

 

I guess Denmark no longer has any Covid checks at the border or do they? https://coronasmitte.dk

 

When I was in Sweden, I usually kept my passport at home, and since I didn't have a driver's license, I just carried my National Identity Card issued by the Swedish Police with me.

 

Edit: Wow, had no idea, Denmark doesn't issue ID cards as available many other European countries! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the_European_Economic_Area

Edited October 16, 2021 by Locito

[Locito 85]

14 minutes ago, Locito said:

Edit: Wow, had no idea, Denmark doesn't issue ID cards as available many other European countries! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_identity_cards_in_the_European_Economic_Area

Apparently ran out of time to edit my previous post for the second time:

Edit 2: Interesting. SAS' website in English says "Driving licenses, post-, bank- or tax- cards are not accepted as valid travel documents or proof of identity." (https://www.flysas.com/en/travel-info/passport-id-visa/entry-regulations/), yet the Danish version says: "Nordiske statsborgere behøver ikke have et pas med sig på rejser inden for de nordiske lande – med undtagelse af Svalbard og Island. Du skal imidlertid altid være i stand til at bekræfte din identitet på anmodning." (https://www.sas.dk/rejseinfo/pas-id-visum/indrejsebestemmelser/)

 

Edit again: Okay, never mind, the same information is in the English version of the same page: "Nordic citizens don't need to carry a passport when traveling within the Nordic countries – with the exception of Svalbard and Iceland. However, you must always be able to verify your identity upon request." Very confusing nevertheless.

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Locito

[dmeister3 92]

1 hour ago, Locito said:

Apparently ran out of time to edit my previous post for the second time:

Edit 2: Interesting. SAS' website in English says "Driving licenses, post-, bank- or tax- cards are not accepted as valid travel documents or proof of identity." (https://www.flysas.com/en/travel-info/passport-id-visa/entry-regulations/), yet the Danish version says: "Nordiske statsborgere behøver ikke have et pas med sig på rejser inden for de nordiske lande – med undtagelse af Svalbard og Island. Du skal imidlertid altid være i stand til at bekræfte din identitet på anmodning." (https://www.sas.dk/rejseinfo/pas-id-visum/indrejsebestemmelser/)

 

Edit again: Okay, never mind, the same information is in the English version of the same page: "Nordic citizens don't need to carry a passport when traveling within the Nordic countries – with the exception of Svalbard and Iceland. However, you must always be able to verify your identity upon request." Very confusing nevertheless.

 

Okay so a drivers license is fine, he's gonna carry his health card/CPR card too just in case! This was also on the sas website:

 

[Locito 85]

6 minutes ago, dmeister3 said:

Okay so a drivers license is fine, he's gonna carry his health card/CPR card too just in case! This was also on the sas website:

 

Yep, I would contact them just in case (Kontakt os – find dit lokale telefonnummer her | SAS), but then again I am a control freak. 😁

Although Tier 1 customer service reps are known to often give inaccurate information, so who knows, since there doesn't appear to be a national identity card system in Denmark. Or does the embassy in Stockholm give an option to send the passport to them by UPS/Fedex/DHL once you are home? This of course is more expensive and more time-consuming option.

[dmeister3 92]

9 minutes ago, Locito said:

Yep, I would contact them just in case (Kontakt os – find dit lokale telefonnummer her | SAS), but then again I am a control freak. 😁

Although Tier 1 customer service reps are known to often give inaccurate information, so who knows, since there doesn't appear to be a national identity card system in Denmark. Or does the embassy in Stockholm give an option to send the passport to them by UPS/Fedex/DHL once you are home? This of course is more expensive and more time-consuming option.

They sent waybill information in the checklist! I don't believe even for Swedish residents they allow pickup options, maybe a covid thing?  

[tunuki 0]

On 10/14/2021 at 10:26 PM, KM & ST said:

The latest DQ I have seen scheduled for CR1/IR1 interview is now January 2021. Anyone here seen any more recent ones? 

 

K-1 meanwhile seems to be fully back up to speed.

 I thought I saw an IR1 case with DQ March, although not sure where cause I can't find it.

Edited October 18, 2021 by tunuki

[KM & ST 1]

2 minutes ago, tunuki said:

 I thought I saw an IR1 case with DQ March, although not sure where cause I can't find it?

Yeah since my post I have seen multiple examples from March!

[tunuki 0]

1 minute ago, KM & ST said:

Yeah since my post I have seen multiple examples from March!

You are May right? So hopefully the next batch includes you guys! Maybe then EB visas will start getting scheduled too. 

Edited October 18, 2021 by tunuki

[KM & ST 1]

1 hour ago, tunuki said:

You are May right? So hopefully the next batch includes you guys! Maybe then EB visas will start getting scheduled too. 

Indeed! Fingers crossed.

 

I have seen 2 cases in March get booked, and also 2 cases in March that are not yet booked. So it should be pretty accurate that invites are currently up to around the very beginning of March DQ in this batch.

[tunuki 0]

Is there a reason why this hasen't been updated in awhile? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

Maybe I am looking at the wrong place.

[tunuki 0]

Regarding showing the original vaccine card for interviews, what exactly are they asking for? https://se.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/

 

Can we use the digital one that is used inside EU?

[bcrew13 3]

Question, my wife just got her interview for November, and we are organizing everything, but we cannot find her original birth certificate. We have every other original document from the last 2.5 years we've been waiting. Is there anything we can do? She was born in Thailand in a very rural city, and we have tried to contact her local state office with very little luck. Is there any way we can use a certified copy from an embassy? 

[tunuki 0]

Wow looks like K visas are now not back logged at all. Saw a case that got DQed early October get interview for November. Must mean that IR1/CR1 should catchup soon?

[Scandi 4,166]

4 hours ago, tunuki said:

Wow looks like K visas are now not back logged at all. Saw a case that got DQed early October get interview for November. Must mean that IR1/CR1 should catchup soon?

K-1s don't get DQed and they schedule their own interviews.

[tunuki 0]

26 minutes ago, Scandi said:

K-1s don't get DQed and they schedule their own interviews.

Yes, you are right, wrong terminology. I meant when their case arrived at the embassy compared to when their documents was NVC received. And you can't schedule your interview until your case arrives at the embassy from NVC.

Edited October 29, 2021 by tunuki